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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Piper retrofractum (Piperaceae)

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Common name(s)
Vahl; Longpepper,Java; Chabe alas; Javanese Long Pepper; Chabai jawa (Java long pepper); Chabean; Lada panjang (Long pepper); Chabe sula

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) Lada pandjang *
Aphrodisiac Tjabean *
Cancer(Nose) Malaya Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative Elsewhere *
Colic Philippines *
Cramps Malaya *
Diaphoretic Tjabea alas *
Digestive Malaysia *
Dyspepsia Malaya *
Dyspepsia Philippines *
Flatulence Tjabe pandjang *
Gastralgia Philippines *
Hepatosis Malaya *
Inertia Malaysia *
Osteosis Malaya *
Parturition Tjabea alas *
Piles Elsewhere *
Puerperium Malaysia *
Spice Malaya Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stimulant Elsewhere *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.